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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE II Summary of Sanitary Work Carried Out During the Year 1959.
| Districts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total. | |
| Primary Inspections | ||||||||
| Complaints | 180 | 145 | 93 | 275 | 229 | 170 | 258 | 1,350 |
| Infectious Disease | 45 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 44 | 11 | 24 | 185 |
| Notice from Builder | 73 | 26 | 41 | 147 | 55 | 23 | 29 | 394 |
| Rodent Control | 30 | 22 | 44 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 187 |
| Factories (Power) | 13 | 48 | 13 | 76 | 41 | 38 | 28 | 257 |
| Factories (Non-Power) | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 94 |
| Food Premises | 31 | 61 | 74 | 179 | 128 | 284 | 85 | 842 |
| Butcher's Premises | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 12 | 98 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 7 | 4 | 23 | 43 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 149 |
| Milk Premises | 5 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 91 |
| Bakehouses | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| Fish Premises | – | – | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
| Comm. Lodg. Houses | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | 14 |
| Outworkers | 12 | 15 | 7 | 44 | – | 17 | 26 | 121 |
| Shops Act Inspections | 13 | 95 | 66 | 135 | 102 | 277 | 91 | 779 |
| Rent Act, Inspections | 16 | 12 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 129 |
| Pharmacy & Poisons Act Inspections | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| Pet Animals Act Inspections | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Smoke Observations | – | 6 | – | – | 12 | – | 2 | 20 |
| Hairdressers & Barber's | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 48 |
| Miscellaneous | 955 | 96 | 265 | 321 | 207 | 131 | 105 | 2,080 |
| Total | 1,392 | 600 | 717 | 1,398 | 992 | 1,100 | 742 | 6,941 |
| Re-Inspections, Calls, etc. | 1,222 | 2,193 | 1,091 | 2,582 | 3,195 | 1,792 | 1,863 | 13,938 |
| Notices Served—Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | ||||||||
| Intimation | 67 | 87 | 45 | 99 | 127 | 143 | 130 | 698 |
| Statutory | 29 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 68 | 62 | 72 | 321 |
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954 Section 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 36 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Completed | 90 | 79 | 68 | 107 | 138 | 134 | 148 | 764 |
| Premises in Respect of Which Notices were Outstanding at the End of the Year | 19 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 35 | 176 |